5-year-old girl struck and killed by school bus in Spring Valley
SPRING VALLEY — A 5-year-old girl was struck and killed by a school bus on Friday.
Spring Valley police said in a news release that the girl , who was on foot, was struck around 11:15 a.m. near the intersection of South Madison Avenue and West Funston Avenue.
The girl was not identified by the police.
The Rockland County Sheriff's Department, Spring Valley police, Town of Ramapo police, New York State Police and Hatzoloh EMS were on the scene. An area near the entrance to South Madison at West Funston Avenue was blocked off, where neighbors were beginning to gather.
A bystander, who declined to give her full name, said the school bus was carrying children 5 to 6 years old when the young girl was struck.
“It was a madhouse earlier,” the woman said. “Parents of the kids on the bus were trying to cross the line to check on their children, but police took them one by one to see them.”
Another bystander said the bus driver was “destroyed.”
Police say the incident is still under investigation.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: 5-year-old struck and killed by school bus in Spring Valley NY
